Emily Dickinson and the Labor of Clothing

by Daneen Wardrop

Daneen Wardrop's Emily Dickinson and the Labor of Clothing begins by identifying and using the dating tools of fashion to place the references to clothing in Dickinson's letters and poems, and to locate her social standing through examining her fashion choices in the iconic daguerreotype. In addition to detailing the poetics of fashion in Dickinson's work, the author argues that close examination of Dickinson and fashion cannot be separated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584657804
• ISBN13: 9781584657804
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: University of New Hampshire Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.0" x 10.0"